The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-11

the nine prizes offered The railroads
will give reduced rates to all who wish
to attend. A grand day is expected. and
the festivities will wind up with a grand
ball in the evening. Ample arrange
ments have been made for the accommO-
dation of all who attend, and Brooks
vile will wear her bib and tucker on
that occasion,
The Gainesville Idr0cdte, speaking of
a gentleman formerly of that city, but
now a citizen of Palatka, says. DIR. 4.
C.. Lancaster has located at Palatka
He is very successful physician, and
the people of Palatka will find him
gentleman IN every sense of the word.
We wish him unbounded success IN his
new field of labor, but Trust that he will
not become so attached to his new home
as to not frequently come over and see
his numerous Gainesville friends"
Yesterday the Southern Express Com
pany forwarded to New York a solid car
load of shad from Palatka, consisting of
more than one hundred barrels, which
were caught by the fishermen on the river
here. Another carload of shad will be
forwarded to day by the same company.
The run of shad just now is the heaviest
ever known on the river, and the fisher
men are gathering a rich harvest frCm
that fish.
| Yesterday Judge Vertrees shipped TO
Seville pair of half blood +, rcheron
horses for MIR. Mason Young, two thor
oughbred ponies for Mr.. G.. T. Healey,
and one fine thoroughbred gray horse to
the Seville Company. Besides these five
| the Judge sold three other fine horses
yesterday. This doesn't look very much
| like yard times. when over 81 100 worth
of horses are sold in one day, dOesit:
| This warm weather is making vegeta-
ton boom even greater than does ia
| vored Florida real estate. The orange
| trees are budding an, will soon he in full
bloom, and the gardens are fiOurishing as
| never before at this season of the year.
| If there is no backset and calamity to
| overtake our crops, those of 1897 will be
| greater than ever known in the history
| of Florida.
At re- cent meeting of the City Coun-
Gil of Palatka Heights "Wednesday even
| ing, we learn that that body decided to
reject the proposition of the Palatka
Water works Company to lay pipes
through the town and give three public
| hydrants in lieu of the yearly taxes il
will be required to pay that corporation.
| One good effect of the establishment
of a system of water-works in our C ty
is already undertaking and that is in the
important matter of insurance rates. The
town is to be mapped over, and a new
rate made, considerably lower than at
present on account Of the protection af-
forded property by the water-works.
best dollar weekly in the South, is out
| to-day with most interesting table of
contents. The subscription list to this
paper is growing very rapidly, and will
soon exceed any similar publication in
the State.
At present there is no beer on draught
| in Paiatka, and the lovers of that bey-
erage have to buy it by the bottle. The
famine is caused 10y the strike of the
freight handlers North, and Il is needless
to say that they have no sympathy from
the beer drinkers of Palatka.
Master John T.. Teller obst rved Arbor
Day on a grand scale, by putting out
about five hundred umbrella china trees.
| OF course the trees were small, but they
are good growers, and will soon furnish
abundant shade for his fathers place on
the Heights.
Shields circus arrived in town last
night and will show on the Larkin
House lot tomorrow. The circus will
give a grand street parade this morning.
between ten and eleven o'clock.
MIR. Joseph Strong, of Little Bay, New
foundland, is a guest of the Putnam
House. He is delighted with Florida
and our matches climate.